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JOHNATHAN BALL 2022 EDIT PREMIERING MONDAY

This Monday at 6pm Pacific Time, I’ll be releasing my 2022 web edit “Still Here” that I’ve been working on for the last year. Join us for the premiere here!

FLASHBACK: Johnathan Ball for NinjaCats 2013

Realized this one wasn’t on Youtube anywhere, so here’s my old 2013 edit for the British FGFS crew and apparel company NinjaCats! Enjoy this throwback to little baby boy high school me (17) on a pegless 700 build, man that was a big bike.

PRIVILEGED BREAD: WOODWARD WEST

The dad cam saga continues with 3 days in the fixie paradise known as Woodward West. Featuring riders from allllll over California!

Full Pedal Alchmists – Woodward Trip

The Full Pedal Achmist crew met up with us while we were at Woodward and put together their own take on the trip. Fun stuff / good riding!

SMC at WOODWARD WEST 2022

It was a fixie reunion at Woodward West in late December last year. We had heads from the north and south gather round to shred some bikes that don’t stop pedaling.

Featuring:

Johnathan Ball, Josh Boothby, an injured Kameren Boun, Matt “Bastard” Dizon, Troy Hawks, Chase Henley, Marco Marquez, Justin “Congo” Mitchell, Gus Molina, Lucas “Pizza Mayne” Petruzzelli, Josh Silva, Deacon Wong, Miguel Zendejas, and Special guest Antwaun!

THE TRICK TRACK SMCGR – VIDEO

Today we present to you the SMCGR – TRICK TRACK edition! Let us know your thoughts on our list and who we missed, congrats to all the riders for putting in the hard work last year.

THE FGFS SMCGR 2022 – VIDEO

Today we bring you our picks for the top FGFS riders from last year: introducing the official SMCGR! (SMC Global Rankings) Let us know your thoughts on our list and who you think deserves a shot on next years list.

Wheel Talk – Sprocket Photography BTS

Fun one from Wheel Talk with a little BTS (not the band) from a riding day in 2020 with our squad. Really managed to capture the friends filled summer vibes from that day.

Current Build: Ruff Bike Co. Prototype

If you’ve been paying attention, you’ll have noticed that the whole Ruff team mysteriously switched over to some new black frames that nobody has said anything about. Well me being the fixie journalist that I am, I am here to BREAK THE SILENCE AND BE THE WHISTLEBLOWER THAT YOU DESERVE! BIG FIXIE DOESN’T WANT YOU TO HEAR ABOUT THIS.

Jk, they’re just some new prototypes that we’ve all been testing out. What’s different? Tighter geometry and less weight mostly. Maybe some other technical jargon that I’m not sure about. I can confidently say this geometry is the best I’ve felt though and I’m excited for productions to run on them some day (who knows with the way production is these days). Anyways, here’s some pics of my bike I snagged while out in Atlanta, when it still looked new (ish).

More photos after the jump!